Indicator Holder (Shank Mount)

I have dozens of dial indicators, set up for different operations, although mostly mounted on/in magnetic stands of sorts. These stands are often in the way of work or? for the quill or stock locations, the center finds, edge location, and parallel operations. This small arm is flexible to the majority of needed positions and areas with ease due to its small size and easy mounting. The tooling indicator is also very small, again making setups easy and fast. This Edge brand tool is worth it for your mill or lathes indication needs. Please be aware of the need of an indicator mounting pin, not included with this unit.

Joints come a little lose, it can tighten each one. But why the heck is it pink? Pics show red. Can for actual red color

If your a machinist and you know how important it is to be able to indicate your part this holder is right for you. The hold is collapsible so you are able to shorten it up or you can extend it to how long you need it.I had purchased two these because just having one the holder was to short but because of it versatility I was able to combine two of them to help make me indicate my part on a horizontal mill. Highly recommend if you are using a Mill, Lathe, Bridgeport, etc.

OK so first the good. The shank mount design is the way to go. No movement at the clamp to worry about. The arms are rigid and the indicator stays on center. No shifting it off-center.However, it does not get far enough away to use in with my indicator oriented the way I like it. I want the indicator laying horizontal, and to the inside of the arm supports as shown in the first picture. But this holder limits me to about a 2 inch circle maximum while still keeping the indicator horizontal. If the arms were one inch longer each, it'd be perfect.My old Inidicol brand holder had no issue with this diameter and even larger. But I hated it for other reasons.The second picture shows one alternative setup that gets me more radius. But when I'm in the maximum Y position, the indicator dial is really hard to see,The third picture shows how I'm using it. This is kind of funky, but it works. I'm always accidentally jogging the wrong way during the centering process because this setup is backwards as compared to what I'm used to. But I suppose I'll adapt.Edge, if you could just please offer a version with slightly longer arms, that would solve the problem. Until then, I'm giving it three stars.

I have a Sherline mill and lathe. Both are very small machines. The holder works great in both applications. Able to fold and be placed in positions to indicate components and verify machine setups. Very nicely machined, operates smoothly.I highly recommend it. I'd give it 6 stars but can only mark 5

nice indicator holder, except... my indicator point wouldn't spin on center, I had to remove some of the spacers to make it true. ok now though. use it everyday

This appears to be a "made in USA product" but I'm not sure anyway, it's very well made!!!

I bought this for my job based on the reviews. My lead with 40 years experience tried setting it up and indicating but could not get it to give a stable reading with my new interapid indicator. It's not very rigid. we had to make several sweeps from side to side that ended up taking an hour of valuable machine time. Had the part located within .0002 (we thought). After machining the parts and rechecking measurements my parts were off by about 30 thou and are now scrap, after having a tolerance of .025. It took way to long to indicate with this, that I now have to buy another arm and spend more money. Not for new machinists on the job.